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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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